NBA主教练 Billups 与球员 Rozier 被联邦起诉 涉操纵扑克牌局与内幕投注
2025年10月23日，美国纽约州金斯县布鲁克林，联邦检察官公布两份起诉书，NBA 波特兰开拓者队主教练 Chauncey Billups、迈阿密热火队球员 Terry Rozier 等人因涉入非法赌博案被起诉。两案由美国联邦检察官纽约东区分署在布鲁克林联邦法院宣布。
第一份起诉书指控31人涉嫌操纵非法扑克牌局。检方说，自2019年起，被告用无线作弊技术操纵以德州扑克为主的地下牌局，地点遍及纽约市、东汉普顿等地与全美多处：改装过的洗牌机能读出整副牌，信息经场外同伙传到牌桌上的同伙手中，另有能读牌的 X 光牌桌、筹码托盘分析器与能读预先标记纸牌的特制隐形眼镜和眼镜。Bonanno、Gambino、Genovese 三个犯罪家族的成员与关联人员为纽约地区的牌局提供支持，并从犯罪所得中抽取分成。前职业球员被请来充当门面，吸引不知情的玩家入局。检方说，受害者损失至少700万美元，有人单场输掉数万到数十万美元。31名被告当天在11个州被捕，其中包括 Billups 与前 NBA 球员 Damon Jones。
第二份起诉书指控6人涉嫌利用 NBA 内部信息下注牟利。检方说，2022年12月至2024年3月，被告从球员与教练处取得尚未公开的伤情与阵容信息，经投注网络在博彩公司下注，再清洗所得。Rozier 被指在2023年3月23日效力夏洛特黄蜂队时，提前告诉长期友人自己计划以受伤为由提前退场，同伙据此投注超过20万美元，买他各项数据低于盘口，他上场9分钟后退场，多笔投注得手并获利数万美元。Jones 被指在2023年2月与2024年1月两次提供湖人队球星未公开的医疗信息，供同伙下注。涉案的前多伦多猛龙队球员 Jontay Porter 此前已就其参与的相关投注认罪。
纽约东区联邦检察官 Joseph Nocella, Jr. 说，被告把职业篮球变成了一门犯罪投注生意，利用更衣室与医疗方面的私密信息为自己牟利、欺骗合法博彩机构，内幕投注腐蚀了美国体育的公正性。投注案中，被告被控电信欺诈共谋与洗钱共谋，每项罪名如罪成最高可判20年监禁。
起诉书只是指控。所有被告在被依法证明有罪之前，都被推定无罪。
（来源：美国司法部）
NBA Coach Billups and Player Rozier Charged in Federal Cases Over Rigged Poker Games and Insider Bets
On October 23, 2025, in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, federal prosecutors unsealed two indictments charging Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat player Terry Rozier and others in illegal gambling cases. The cases were announced by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York at the federal courthouse in Brooklyn.
The first indictment charged 31 defendants in schemes to rig illegal poker games. Prosecutors said that, beginning as early as 2019, the defendants used wireless cheating technology to rig underground poker games, most commonly Texas Hold'em, in New York City, East Hampton and across the United States: altered shuffling machines could read the entire deck, information was relayed by an off-site accomplice to a player at the table, and other devices included an X-ray table that could read face-down cards, a chip tray analyzer and special contact lenses or eyeglasses that could read pre-marked cards. Members and associates of the Bonanno, Gambino and Genovese organised crime families backed the New York-area games and took a percentage of the proceeds. Former professional athletes were enlisted as face cards to lure unsuspecting victims, who sometimes lost tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time and, prosecutors said, lost at least $7 million in total. The 31 defendants were arrested that morning in 11 states, among them Billups and former NBA player Damon Jones.
The second indictment charged six defendants over a scheme to profit from non-public NBA information. Prosecutors said that between December 2022 and March 2024 the defendants obtained undisclosed injury and lineup information from players and coaches and used a network of bettors to place wagers with sportsbooks and launder the proceeds. Rozier was accused of telling a longtime friend on March 23, 2023, while playing for the Charlotte Hornets, that he planned to leave a game early over a purported injury; accomplices placed more than $200,000 in wagers that he would underperform, he exited after nine minutes, and many of the bets paid off, generating tens of thousands of dollars in profits. Jones was accused of providing pre-release medical information about Los Angeles Lakers star players in February 2023 and January 2024. Former Toronto Raptors player Jontay Porter had previously pleaded guilty in connection with his role in related wagers.
U.S. Attorney Joseph Nocella, Jr. said the defendants turned professional basketball into a criminal betting operation, using private locker room and medical information to enrich themselves and cheat legitimate sportsbooks, and that insider betting schemes erode the integrity of American sports. In the betting case, the defendants were charged with wire fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy, each count carrying a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison if convicted.
The charges in the indictments are allegations. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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图片来源：图：位于纽约布鲁克林的美国联邦法院大楼，两份起诉书在此解封公布。Beyond My Ken，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The United States federal courthouse in Brooklyn, New York, where the two indictments were unsealed. By Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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